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The Palco Mundo (World Stage) at the Rock in Rio 4 The Rock Street at the Rock in Rio 4 The fourth edition of Rock in Rio, back to its origins, was held on 23, 24, 25, 29 and 30 September, and 1 and 2 October 2011, at an area ( pt ) to be built next to the old City of Rock – which was the site of the Olympic Village for the 2016 Summer Olympics .
Rock in Rio has been a staple of Brazil's live music tradition since its inception in 1985. It has become an annually recurring music festival held in Rio de Janeiro -- drawing in millions of ...
Iron Maiden's performance at Rock in Rio festival was the final show of their 2000-01 tour, Brave New World Tour. [4] Due to the magnitude of the event (the concert was performed to 250,000 people on the day and an estimated worldwide TV audience of over one billion), [4] the band decided that it should be the basis of their next double live album and first concert DVD release.
Rock in Rio USA was a music festival held in Las Vegas, Nevada from May 8–9 and 15–16, 2015 at the MGM Resorts Festival Grounds on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The event was conceived as an American version of Rio de Janeiro 's Rock in Rio festival, and was a partnership between SFX Entertainment , Eike Batista 's IMX, MGM ...
The City of Rock was created for the Rock in Rio festival in 1985. In 2001, the event returned there for its third edition. It held crowds of up to 250,000 people in one night. With the name "Complexo Esportivo Cidade do Rock" (City of Rock Sports Complex), the area became one of the venues of the 2007 Pan American Games.
During the tour, Queen participated in the Rock in Rio festival in 1985; the concert was released on VHS. The band released a DVD from a concert in Tokyo titled We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan , but the name of the concert was incorrect as the band performed 2 further concerts after Tokyo in Nagoya and Osaka.
Hollywood Rock was a music festival which took place in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, from 1988 to 1996, featuring both Brazilian and international acts.The festival was sponsored and organised by the Souza Cruz tobacco company, owners of the Hollywood cigarette brand, taking its name from an unrelated festival that occurred in 1975 with an all-Brazilian lineup.
Rock in Opposition or RIO was a movement representing a collective of progressive bands in the late 1970s united in their opposition to the music industry that refused to recognise their music. It was initiated by English avant-rock group Henry Cow in March 1978 when they invited four mainland European groups to come to London and perform in a ...